Abby Huntsman Leaving Fox & Friends And Joining The View

With its decision to hire Fox & Friends’ Abby Huntsman to cohost The View, ABC has apparently decided it needs a Trump lickspittle on board. Unless Huntsman was faking it all this time at Fox and now plans to give it up, a Trump sycophant is exactly what will be joining The View.

Yesterday, Mediaite reported that this weekend will be Huntsman’s last as cohost of Fox & Friends. Although Huntsman’s will former Fox colleague, Meghan McCain, is also a View cohost, McCain is no fan of Donald Trump. Huntsman, on the other hand, has been a reliable Trump cheerleader.

Media Matters summed up her time at Fox:

During her time at Fox News, Huntsman has accumulated a record of incendiary conservative commentary. She has helped shill for Trump, including defending his racist views and repeated lies; pushed racist views and falsehoods of her own; and attacked the media.

Some of our “favorite” Huntsman moments:

While Puerto Ricans suffered and died in the wake of Hurricane Maria last year, Huntsman made it sound like Trump was the real victim for not getting the appreciation he deserved for his efforts to help. She said his excuse that Puerto Rico is surrounded by “big water” made “total sense,” then lectured the media for not reporting the “positive stories” about Trump’s disaster responses.

Huntsman opined that Trump’s notorious Charlottesville remarks were similar to what Martin Luther King would have said!

Huntsman cozied up to Roy Moore after he won the primary to become Alabama’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate last year: "What do you think it was about your message, because a lot of people have been talking about you were not President Trump's candidate, but you very much were his brand … not part of the swamp."

Media Matters has plenty more examples.

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commented 2018-08-13 10:14:11 -0400 · Flag

John McKee, interesting remark. Yes I too have seen Alisyn on CNN, she looks as vacant as she ever did on Fox. (However, the dark big framed glasses supposedly give her a more intelligent look) I hope she is enjoying “spending more time with her family” as she said when she quit Fox. Problem is once you are known as a proven liar, it’s hard to gain back the trust.

commented 2018-08-12 21:57:41 -0400 · Flag

Alisyn Camerota seems to have survived her collaboration with the Ailes Propaganda Machine and seems to be doing pretty well at CNN. I can’t remember specific instances, but she never looked comfortable in the company of Douchy Doocy and the Fox’n’Fiends crew, although she didn’t lift a finger to contradict their poisonous trumpistry.

commented 2018-08-11 16:45:47 -0400 · Flag

“The View” is crazy popular (for whatever reason). Still, I have a hard time taking this move seriously because I can’t take programs like “The View” seriously.

“The View” vaguely reminds me of Trump TV’s program “The Five” which I’m sure is imitative. Put some celebrities together with no particular expertise on the subjects they discuss to chat like they’re at a dinner party. Boring and uninformative imho.

commented 2018-08-11 11:08:50 -0400 · Flag

I was hoping for Ana Navarro. Ana is more raw, genuine and provocative.

commented 2018-08-11 11:06:11 -0400 · Flag

Let’s not forget she came from MSNBC to Fox and now going to the View. She can’t be that far to the right if she worked at MSNBC!

commented 2018-08-11 10:17:49 -0400 · Flag

lol – well, everyone is allowed their own opinion, however, Ellen, you are NOT allowed you own ‘facts’. Abby has hardly been a shill for the presidents accomplishments despite the constant resistance of the left. However, her remarks always tended to be right in the center, the reasoned and rational center of things. I can see why that may have offended you.

commented 2018-08-11 09:13:10 -0400 · Flag

Like with most Fox anchors, they are simply saying what needs to be said to earn their big paychecks. Most don’t likely believe what they say. Huntsman is making a good decision to get out now before she’s stuck there with no other outlet. I’d guess she’ll lean right but won’t be even remotely as absurd as she was on Fox. Remember, she got dropped from MSNBC, so she had little choice but to go to Fox to stay employed. And let’s be clear about McCain. If Trump didn’t bash her father, she’d be cheerleading for him like everyone else.